34 On Reptiles from the Niger. 
black ; young with light cross-bars on the occiput and nape; 
prze- and postoculars and upper lip greenish yellow ; some of 
the labials with the sutures black; belly and tail below 
greenish yellow or pale green, uniform or with a series of 
black dots or short lines on the outer ends of thé ventrals. 
Total length 1090 millim. ; tail 330. : 
Several specimens, one of which (a young) is an albino. 
Specimens from Liberia, Zanzibar, and Central Africa are 
also in the British Museum, where they were confounded 
with Psammophis sibilans. The type is from the Upper Nile. 
Notwithstanding its resemblance to Psammophis stbilans, 
this snake was referred to Dryophylax by Duméril and Bibron 
on account of its dentition. The solid maxillary teeth, ten 
in number, form an uninterrupted series, the middle ones 
gradually and but moderately enlarged, as in D. preornatus, 
the type of Peters’s genus Dromophis. D. lineatus may further 
be distinguished from all species of Psammophis by the equal 
depth of the three anterior upper labials. 
Naia Goldii, sp. n. 
Rostral a little broader than deep, the portion visible from 
above half as long as its distance from the frontal; internasals 
as long as the prefrontals, not reaching the preocular; 
frontal once and a half as long as broad, as long as its dis- 
tance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; one 
or two pre- and two postoculars; two or three suboculars ; 
temporals 1+3,; seven upper labials, fourth narrowly entering 
the eye, sixth largest ; four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are a little longer than the poste- 
rior. Neck non-dilatable. Scales in 15 rows on the neck as 
well as on the body. Ventrals 195; anal entire. Black 
above, with transverse series of small whitish spots; sides of 
head and end of snout white, with most of the sutures between 
the shields black ; ventrals white, with a black-edge, which 
becomes gradually broader until, on the posterior fourth of the 
body, the shields are entirely black; subcaudals black. 
Total length 1750 millim. (end of tail mutilated). 
Only one specimen, a male. 
This handsome snake, which is nearest allied to N. anchiete 
Bocage, is named in honour of Sir George Taubman Goldie, 
the Governor of the Royal Niger Company, who, through 
the great interest he takes in the natural history of the Niger, 
has given much assistance to Mr. Crosse in forming the collec- 
tion reported upon in this note. 
